Behind the Bottom Line: Powering Business Life with Spiritual Wisdom [Hardcover]

Stephen R. Graves (Author), Thomas G. Addington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 2002

In Behind the Bottom Line, Stephen R. Graves and Thomas G. Addington -- cofounders of the popular journal Life@Work-- offer businesspeople a much-needed resource for understanding the spiritual factors that have a profound (and often unheralded) influence on our day-to-day business lives. This personal guide shows how biblical wisdom can become a vital and integral part of our work lives and a pathway to business excellence. In each chapter, the authors examine one of the fifteen central themes of business life-- power, change, wealth, ambition, ethics, balance, stewardship, partnering, calling, rest, strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketplace grace, and legacy-- and explore how spirituality is intrinsic to our professional lives. Throughout the book, Graves and Addington offer powerful, life-changing spiritual insights that can profoundly affect how we approach our life at work.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Steve and Tom have captured the most compelling questions that gnaw at every executive that daily lives the overwhelming contradictions between success in the workplace and a divinely purposed life. In the world of commerce, where we flex the muscles of ambition, power, entrepreneurial creativity, and influence, what assures that fellowship, grace, and a godly legacy result? This book probes the foundations of the world of commerce, and leadership success models in light of a deeper drive to leverage those very factors of success in a more significant and satisfying way."
— Mark (Denny) Weinberg, executive vice president and chief development officer, WellPoint

"Were busy. We're conflicted. Yet this book offers simple insights on how to integrate spiritual principles into our leadership methods and our workplace. No longer do the secular and spiritual worlds have to operate independently."
— David M. Weekley, chairman and CEO, David Weekly Homes

From the Inside Flap

"Without question, spirituality can take on any number of forms in today's business environment, but through study— and personal experience— we have determined that the Bible is far and away the greatest resource for putting business life and spiritual wisdom together."
— from the Introduction
In Behind the Bottom Line, Stephen R. Graves and Thomas G. Addington— cofounders of the popular journal Life@Work— offer businesspeople a much-needed resource for understanding the spiritual factors that have a profound (and often unheralded) influence on our day-to-day business lives. This personal guide shows how biblical wisdom can become a vital and integral part of our work lives and a pathway to business excellence.
In each chapter, the authors examine one of the fifteen central themes of business life— power, change, wealth, ambition, ethics, balance, stewardship, partnering, calling, rest, strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketplace grace, and legacy— and explore how spirituality is intrinsic to our professional lives. Throughout the book, Graves and Addington offer powerful, life-changing spiritual insights that can profoundly affect how we approach our life at work.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (December 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787964670
• ISBN-13: 978-0787964672
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,538,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book about life and business, September 6, 2010

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This review is from: Behind the Bottom Line: Powering Business Life with Spiritual Wisdom (Hardcover)

I do not know where this book came from. I found it in my book shelf and started to read it.

The content is very poignant and relevant. Business ethics, how to be ethical and how it pays off to you in the end.

I would recommend this for any other business owners or managers.